In the darkness of space, the tranquil silence is broken…by another space project by NASA. Astronauts appear to be conducting another research operation on the moon…not that it should be as fruitless and pointless as the past operations………However, there seems to be something different about this operation…
"We seem to have found an unidentifiable material here," an astronaut at the moon looks at a bright white-colored rock, "What are your orders?"
"Bring it back with us, sir?" the astronaut questions then proceeds to take the material, "Yes, sir…Using it to handle the material as we speak. Yes, sir."
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Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z is not mine! This fanfic is mine…MINE!!!
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Note: "speaking"; "thinking"; "EMPHASIZING"; "assumed Japanese"; "assumed English"; "ASSUMED ENGRISH"
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#1 Eternal Blight (Sono Ichi)
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Wedged between good and evil…between white and black…between right and wrong…between happiness and sadness…between hope and despair…between sanity and insanity…it has been a year since that day…when Kare tried to destroy the world…but there appears to be an heir…one of the humans…shall—
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Weeks later, at NASA, the rock is being tested with various materials. Scientists left and right…hypothesizing about the strange energy signal within the pure white rock. Among them is a Chinese professor who has left his son outside the room to observe their experimenting…a "safe" distance away…
"Hmph…Why do I have to stay out here?! I can help, too, can't I? I have the best grades in Chemistry…so…" the boy, watching his father and the other scientists, pouts. He appears to be maturing…almost. He has short (as in "acceptable" middle-school short) (darker than) black hair that seems to brighten (to a "normal" black) when light refracts from it. His dark brown eyes emanate a sense of sorrow and hate yet seem to only reflect his yearning for love and kindness. An average physique…for a boy of fourteen years…who can do nothing but pout and wonder about the strange moon-rock. He wears a white undershirt under his blue jacket, which matches his blue jeans. With him is a black bag full of books.
After a while, a bell rings to remind the scientists not to overwork themselves too much and go take their lunch. Unbelievably, the scientists appear to be no different than high school students in this scenario, as they rush out of the lab to take their lunch.
When he notices his father exiting, the boy runs to him, "Hey, Dad, what's with the rock?"
"It's classified information, Zhengwu. Remember that I brought you here with me to work only because your mother asked me to…and I cannot talk about these sort of things with those who do not need to know," his father coldly replies, as he cleans his glasses.
"Ch," the boy Zhengwu scoffs, "then what's the point of my coming here if I can't do anything?! And I want to be referred to by my other name, Dad!"
"Benjamin Lee, don't take that tone of voice with me! I'm your father, and you should be grateful that I brought you here! Other people can only dream of seeing NASA from afar! You are in one of the only-authorized-personnel-allowed area! Should you not be grateful?!" his father scolds at him.
"Useless…" Benjamin turns his back to his father and walks away.
"Your child is…" one of the other scientists whispers to his father.
"Nothing…I'll be heading out for lunch, aren't you going to eat?" his father replies to his fellow scientist.
"Yes, let's go," the other scientist smiles, as she pushes Benjamin's father to the exit.
"For a scientist…you are always so lively…" Benjamin's father laughs.
"Of course! Otherwise, I'd be choking under all this stress, Professor Lee!" she laughs, as well.
Once the area is empty of people, Benjamin takes his chance and enters the room, "Stupid scientists…forgetting to keep something important unguarded…"
Once inside, he moves towards the white rock and takes a good look at it, "An energy source? My ass! This is nothing but standard moon-rock!"
"I've wasted my time here…as usual…" Benjamin takes a book out from his bag and begins reading, "Ancient arms are always fascinating…!"
"I've found you…," a voice is heard.
"What?! Who— A ghost?!" Benjamin jumps back and looks around the room to find the source of the voice.
"Wrong!" the voice laughs…a masculine voice laughing femininely.
"What…t-t-t-th-th-the—?" Benjamin is now officially panicking.
"TACHI SA ROKKU…" the voice attempts to speak in Engrish.
"'Touch the rock'?" Benjamin moves closer to the rock and reluctantly does as the voice says…and touches the rock…
"OHOHOHOHOHOHO…" the voice laughs, "Perfect…!!!"
"W—What?!" a bright light covers the area and envelops Benjamin.
"What the—!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Benjamin screams.
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About an hour later, Professor Lee and some of his fellow scientists walk back to the room where the rock is…
Professor Lee asks one of the other professors, "So, about the rock—?"
"It has a strange energy signature. What I do know is this: it's not the standard moon-rock that our explorers have been digging up!" another scientist answers.
"It could be worth billions!" another scientist laughs.
"We're scientists, not gold-diggers!" Professor Lee explains.
"Ah, here we are!" the second professor alerts the others.
"Right," Professor Lee enters the room…which appears to have no changes…nothing broken…nothing burned…nothing disturbed…
"Ah, Professor Lee, where's your son?" the third scientist asks.
"I called my wife over to pick him up. He was getting bored, anyway," Professor Lee responds.
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Back at his home, Benjamin is seen looking outside his bedroom window and is thinking about what had happened earlier.
"That light was…" Benjamin sighs.
"Ku, forget it. It's not so important!" Benjamin grabs the remote for the TV in his room and turns the TV on. Incidentally, it was set to some random news channel.
"Breaking news! A group of armed robbers have broken into—! They appear to have a hostage! Tony, zoom in on the action!" the reporter points to a bank, where one of the robbers appear to be holding a civilian at gunpoint.
"Tell the police to leave now! Or we'll (bleep)ing kill this one!" the robber yells.
"NEIMU A WISHI…" the same voice is heard again.
"A robbery? Hm? 'Name a wish'?" Benjamin thinks for a while, "I want to be a hero…I want people to look up to me and respect me…I want to be strong!"
"Well, that will do!" the voice sighs.
"Hero?" Benjamin says aloud and quickly notices the light enveloping him again, "I want to be strong!"
In the dazzling light, his clothes are replaced by a white sleeveless shirt and white pants…not so tight. A black belt with a compact showing the letter "P" appears over his shirt and binds itself on his waist. He turns around once as a pure white sleeveless coat appears on him…it follows his movement and stops when he stops. It appears to be longer than he is tall, yet it does not touch the ground…Strangely, it seems to just float a few inches above the ground. In the blink of an eye, one forgets to notice that his feet are quickly adorned with white shoes…black only on the bottom. He looks up and shows his palm ("stop" gesture)…Almost instantly, it is covered by black fingerless gloves…even his other hand. He turns once more and looks forward and yells, "Eternal Blight!"
He looks up around and notices his new attire, "'Eternal Blight'? Huh? This power…I can stop the robbers with this!"
He laughs but looks down to see that his feet are not touching the ground. At first, he's unfazed…but, "WAAAH!!! I'm floating!" (Thanks for stating the obvious…)
"Okay, now, I'll make it there in record time!" Blight quickly jumps off the window and flies off…in the wrong direction…
"Damn it! The bank is not this way!" he stops and makes a 165-degree pivot, before flying off again.
"Flying is so…wonderful…" Blight looks down on the people, as they gasp in shock and amazement.
"That's right! I'll save the day! Just keep your eyes glued to me!" Blight chuckles.
In just a matter of seconds, Blight is able to zip through and assess the situation…from above…unnoticed by anyone below.
"Perhaps, I can swoop down and take them all out?" Blight thinks before a critical thought comes to mind, "I don't have a weapon!"
"Maybe, I have other superpowers?" he thinks before he feels something in his hand. He looks at it and finds… "A book?!"
"What am I gonna do: bore them to death?!" Blight gets frustrated and opens the book. He is amazed at what he sees, "These are…from my book!"
In a second, he has the urge to reach for a glaive, but hesitates, until he hears a gunshot!
He looks down and sees one of the robbers yelling and still holding his hostage at gunpoint, "YEAH! I'M GONNA (bleep)ING SHOOT HER, YA (bleep)ING COPS!!!"
"No time!" he, to his surprise, grabs the glaive and pulls it OUT from the book. He quickly darts down and makes a quick swipe at the gun…cleaving it in two!
Everyone is surprised to witness such a scene: a boy dressed in white flies from the heavens to stop a robbery! The reporter, cameramen, and workers are definitely going to be promoted for capturing such a thing…
"Huh?" Blight opens his eyes to see what has happened. He noticed that the robber was caught off-guard and completely unarmed, "That's my chance!"
Blight kicks the robber…The force of the kick was strong enough for the robber to come crashing into the bank, through the glass doors!
"Strength was increased…" Blight smiles at the situation.
Before the police could make heads or tails of the situation, Blight flies into the bank and beats the other robbers out the bank…singlehandedly saving the day!
He flies outside and observes the apprehension of the robbers…then notices the news media heading towards him.
"And so, the mayhem is over and the day is saved, thanks to this superhero adorn in white. Care to give us your comments? Or your name, first?" the reporter holds her microphone to Blight.
"…I…! I have to go! Sorry!" Blight realizes the time and flies back home.
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Around a minute later, he is able to reach his home before jumping up and down in joy. He takes his remote and turns his TV on to see if they were still talking about him.
"—and there he was! He just flew from the sky and BAM! cut the gun and BOOM! kicked the guy and punched out all the others!" a random witness explains.
Another witness moves to the camera and yells, "He's like the modern day Superman!"
The reporter starts explaining, "Well, there you have it. The mysterious white knight came to us in an hour of need and saved us…but several questions remain: who is he? And where did he come from? And is he going to save us again? This is Emily Bridges reporting to you live at—"
He turns the TV off, "Heh, I'll be the talk of the town soon…"
For a while, he was in his own little world…until he noticed that he was still in costume. He jumps up and yells, "How do I turn back to me?!?"
After a while, he looks at his belt and removes his compact. He opens it and studies the buttons. Being the curious fellow that he is, he presses one of the buttons. Instantly, the brilliant light envelops him again and strips him of his power…reverting him back to Benjamin. The only remnant of Blight is left in the form of the black belt he wore.
Benjamin sighs and thinks, "I have this power…No one can call me weak now!"
"Benjamin! Your father wants to speak with you!" Benjamin's mother called from downstairs.
"Uh, coming!" Benjamin responds, "What does he want?!"
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"Peach? What's the matter?" a little boy asks his digital pet dog.
"Grr…Weird energy da wan!" Peach, the digital pet dog, growls towards the east, "Ken, there's weird Chemical Z-rays coming from there da wan!"
"The kitchen?" Ken, the boy, asks.
"No! Really, really far away da wan!" Peach explains.
"I wonder…what could it be…?" Ken looks out the window of the observatory.
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"Ohohohoho…Just a little more, my prince! Just a little more…!" a voice laughs
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Hyper Blossom: Next time, on Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z!
Powered Buttercup: A strange energy is coming from the east?
Rolling Bubbles: We're at the East. So, maybe it's coming from the West?
Powered Buttercup: That's not what I meant!
Hyper Blossom: What is this weird energy?
BBB: Next Time!
#2 Eternal Blight (sono ni)
Powered Buttercup: Powerful America!
Rolling Bubbles: Hope and Happy. Make you Smile!
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Random Notes: Finally finished with the first chapter! Pressure from my extracurricular activities made me take a while to finish this!
Anyway, it's here! Be happy!
And yes, I know what "blight" means. Anyway, this may be a good story or bad, but stick with it...since the next update might be in a little over a month! Jya ne!
